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So you think developing an SoC needs to be complex or expensive? Think again

Phil Burr

Embedded World

Senior product marketing manager CPU Group

March 2017

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Innovation in custom SoCsDriving a new wave of custom SoC development

Medical

Smart lighting

Buildingautomation

Industrial

Agriculture

Retail

Home

Sensor and mixed-signal companies: Integrated IoT

solutions

Start-ups:Innovative solutions

OEMs: Reduce cost,

reduce power, differentiate

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Custom SoCs bring real product benefits

85%Reduction in

PCB area

90%Reduction in

BOM

DifferentiationControl of

supply chain

Source: S3 Group

IP protection

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Low-cost, fast track path to IoT silicon

Design

Prototype

Produce

Integrate own IP with Cortex-M0 and system design kit. Design, develop, simulate

Prototype on ARM supplied FPGA

Simplified, fast track commercial license: Cortex-M0, SDK, Keil MDK + support and maintenance

Free

$40k

$995

ARM Cortex-M0 DesignStart

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3600+Catalog parts*

416Licenses*

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2015: 32-bit MCU shipments surpass 4/8bit**

2016: 32-bit MCU with strongest forecast unit growth***

Cortex-M: Trusted choice for embedded intelligence

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Cortex-M: Scalable, compatible and trusted

Highperformance

Performanceefficiency

Lowestpower & area

Cortex-M23

TrustZone in smallest area, lowest power

Cortex-M33Flexibility,

control and DSP with TrustZone

ARMv8-M

Cortex-M0

Lowest cost,low power

Cortex-M0+

Highest energy efficiency

Cortex-M4

Mainstream control and

DSP

Cortex-M3

Performance efficiency

Cortex-M7Maximum

performance,control and

DSP

ARMv6-M

ARMv7-M

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Cortex-M0: Smallest ARM processor

§ Expand market with 32-bit processing capability§ Boost margins by making analog devices smart

§ 32-bit intelligence at a 8/16-bit processor cost point§ Lowest footprint ARM processor at only 12k gates

§ Low cost of entry into the benefits of the Cortex-M family§ Leverage world’s #1 embedded ecosystem for tools, software,

and know-how

Ease of use

Smallest footprint

Ecosystem

µm2

Relative size

Cortex-M4Cortex-M3

Cortex-M7

Cortex-M0Cortex-M0+

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Best-in-class code density

§ Cortex-M has smaller code size than 8/16-bit devices

§ Benefits: reduction in§ flash size § power consumption

§ Reach smallest form factor and cost§ Sensors§ IoT§ Medical

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CoreMark Code in kB

CoreMark code compiled optimized for size

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RTOS

IDE, compiler Debug & traceMiddleware codecs RTOS

10+ 13+ 21+ 40+

Cortex-M: #1 embedded ecosystem

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ARM DesignStart: more than IP

§ Free design & simulation of Cortex-M0§ $40k fast track, simplified commercials

§ Free evaluation§ Simplified and quick access to EDA tooling

IP

EDA tooling

Know how § Recommended by ARM§ Design partners you can trust

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ARM Approved Design Partner members

§ Distributed§ Diverse§ Differentiated

http://www.arm.com/armapproved

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Customer Site

Cadence Hub

Design team CadenceRemoteDesktop

VPN

CAD and IT

VPN

Design Database

Customers Hosted Design Solution

PackagedDesign

Environment

Services Experts

ComputeResources

Tools andPlatforms

IT

3rd

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Easy entry vehicle for IoT developmentCadence Hosted Design Solutions

§ Productivity§ Start to design from day one in proven environment§ Screen sharing between multiple sites, teams, & contractors§ Design and methodology support

§ Flexibility§ Work from any location§ Environment upgrade on demand: hardware, storage, licences

§ Support§ Application support without need for testcase creation§ 24x7 IT support

Proven, secure, hosted EDA tools

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Tanner™ AMS by Mentor Graphics®

§ Tanner AMS: a complete, end-to-end mixed-signal IC design flow. Design, implement, and verify

§ Virtual Lab: Experiment with the Tanner AMS tool suite on an ARMCortex-M0 based design in the Mentor cloud at no cost

§ Implement: Take advantage of a complete, low-cost tool bundle from Tanner

§ Affordable & straightforward path: for sensor, actuator, and MEMS creators to build custom SoC’s for the emerging IoT market

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Example: imec IC-link

500Tape-outs per year*

30%Growth overtwo years*

* Source: imec IC-link database 2014 Source: imec IC-link database, 2011 - 14

Mixed signal/RF

Logic

Cus

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SoC

Pro

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s

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Low cost path to test chips

Low cost path to test

chip

* 45 Samples. Source: Europractice

Reusable IP and software

Cost-effective process

technology

Commonsub-systems

180nm MPW*

$16k25mm2

65nm MPW*

$42k16mm2

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DesignStart: already enabling innovation

From enabling smart intelligence in white goods

To being designed in to aerospace products

From IoT nodes To cameras

…….

…….

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Cortex-M0: Smallest ARM processor

§ Expand market reach by introducing 32-bit processing capability§ Bring processing intelligence to passive analog devices and boost margins

§ 32-bit processing intelligence at a 8/16-bit processor cost point§ Full support for ARMv6-M instructions§ Lowest footprint ARM processor at only 12k gates

§ Low cost of entry into the benefits of the Cortex-M family§ $40k Fast Track license option § Easy and free-of-charge evaluation access through ARM DesignStart program§ Leverage world’s #1 embedded ecosystem for tools, software, and know-how

Ease of use

Smallest footprint

Ecosystem

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